Bag-holder.



No. 7l3,l39. Patented Nov. ll, I902.

0. GJNUSKER.

- BAG HOLDER.

(Application filed. May 15, 1902.) \No Model.)

H dfi case I y l/ I z I 4 I I o mo s- ATENT F FILCE.

ORREN G. NOSKER, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 713,139, dated November11, 1902.

Application filed May 15. 1902.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORREN G. NOSKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paris, in thecounty of Lamar and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in bag-holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofbag-holders and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficientbag-holder adapted. to receive bags of any size and capable of holdingthe same in convenient position for enabling the bags to be removedsingly as they are required.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag-holderconstructed in accord-. ance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side Viewof the same.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figuresof the drawwas.

1 designates a support consisting of a bar provided at opposite sideswith bag-receiving devices 2, arranged in pairs, as clearly shown inFig. 2, and the said support is also provided at its upper end with aperforation 3 to enable it to be suspendedfrom a suitable supportingdevice; but it may be secured in an upright position in any otherdesired manner. Each bag-receiving device, which is constructed of asingle piece of resilient material, consists of an approximatelyU-shaped clamp provided with inper and outer clamping-jaws L and 5 and aconnecting top portion, and the sides or jaws 4 and 5 converge towardthe bottom of the bag-receiving device or clamp and are adapted toengage bags,

- as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

The outer clamping-jaw 4 has its lower end curved outward to form afiaring mouth or entrance and to avoid presenting any sharp edges to thebags, and the inner jaw 5 is provided with an approximately L-shapedshank 6, which is secured to the support 1 by suitable fastening devices7. The fastening devices 7 extend entirely through the support SerialNo. 107,481 (No model.)

and secure the shanks of the adjacent clamps to the same. The L-shapedshank 6 is provided at the top with an outwardly-extending arm 8, whichis connected with the lower end of theinner jaw 5, and the upper portionof the latter; fits against the support, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Theupper portion of the jaw 5 rests against the support, and the clamp isbraced thereby and prevented from being bent out of shape when bags areintroduced into it, as hereinafter explained.

The bags are folded at one end before being placed in the bag-holder,and the folded ends are arranged inv the same, as clearly shown inFig. 1. This will hold the bags in convenient position for enabling themto be readily removed one by one as they are needed. Any number ofclamps may be provided, and while they may be varied in size, asillustrated in the accompanying drawings, they are adapted to receivebags or sacks of any size. The horizontal arm 8 ofisets the mouth of theclamp from the support to arrange the said mouth in convenient positionfor receiving the bags,and the outerjaw of the clamp is extended belowtheshoulder to enable the bags to be readily introduced into the clampwithout opening the latter by hand. The upper portion of the clamp fitsagainst the support, and the clamp is adapted to be operated in thismanner to introduce the bags into it without bending the clamp out ofshape or'out of position.

It will be seen that the bag-holder is exceedingly simple andinexpensive in construction, that the bag-receiving devices or clampsfirmly engage the folded ends of the bags, and that the latter may bereadily removed one at a time when desired.

lVhat I claim is 1. A bag-holder comprising a support, and an invertedapproximately U-shaped bag-receiving clamp having inner and outer jaws,the inner jaw being fitted against the support at the top and beingprovided at its lower end with an integral L-shaped shank secured to thesupport and offsetting the mouth of the clamp from the support to holdthe same in position for receiving the bags, substantially as described.

2. A bag-holder comprising a support, inverted approximately U-shapedbag-receiving clamps arranged in pairs and located at opposite sides ofthe support and having inner and outer jaws fitted against the supportat their tops and provided at their lower ends with integral L-shapedshanks offsetting the mouths of the clamps from the support and holdingthem in position to receive the bags, and fastening devices passingthrough the shanks and through the support,substantially as described.

3. A bag-holder comprising a support, and an inverted approximatelyU-shaped clamp having inwardly and outwardly downwardlyconvergingjaws,the inncrjaw being provided with a shank secured to the support andextended outward therefrom to form an arm for ofisetting the mouth orentrance of the clamp from the support to hold the same in position forreceiving the bags, substantially as described.

4. A bag-holder comprisinga support, and an inverted approximatelyU-shaped clamp having inner and outer downwardly-converging jaws, theinner jaw being provided with a shank secured to the support andextended therefrom to form a supporting-arm to ofiset the mouth orentrance of'the clamp from the support, and the outer jaw being extendeddownward below the supporting-arm and being deflected outward to form aguiding-lip to facilitate the introduction of the folded ends of thebags into the clamp, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ORREN G. NOSKER.

Witnesses:

OWEN P. HALE, V. W. HALE.

